Hate Crimes Increased by 4.6 Percent in 2016

Jermaine Castillo

According to The Huffington Post, the Federal Bureau of Investigation report is the most complete information on hate crimes in the divisive election year 2016, and supports data from the Southern Poverty Law Center, which documented a wave of such events in months after elections.

Dozens of cities with more than 100,000 residents either reported zero hate crimes or did not submit their hate crime data, according toananalysis by the Anti-Defamation League, a civil rights organization, which has called for better reporting. Some agencies also may not determine an incident is a hate crime until after the FBI's deadline to report.

Nearly 20 percent of racial hate crimes during 2016 were committed due to "anti white bias" showing a 15 percent increase in anti white hate crimes since 2015, according to the FBI Data.

The law center and other watchdog groups have blamed the spike in extremist groups and hate speech to the divisive presidential election previous year.

In an interview with KTVU on Monday, Anti-Defamation League regional director Seth Brysk said that his organization noticed a "sharp increase" of hate during the presidential debates between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump kicked off past year.

The Southern Poverty Law Center, a non-profit which tracks hate groups, attributed the bump to the 2016 presidential election, in which Donald Trump assailed Muslims and Hispanics as extremists and illegal immigrants. In Maryland, such crimes declined from 43 in 2015 to 37 in 2016. The majority of racial hate crimes, about 50 percent, were "anti-Black or African American", while about one-in-five were "anti-White", and one-tenth were "anti-Hispanic or Latino".

"No person should have to fear being violently attacked because of who they are, what they believe, of how they worship", Attorney General Jeff Sessions said in a statement on Monday.

Share this:

Hot News

College party turns to terror after floor collapsesNov 14, 2017 - 00:25
Abioloa Busari, a junior at University of North Texas hosted the homecoming party and lives in the unit that collapsed. Damage visible from the outside after the floor collapsed at a North Texas apartment complex during a party.

United States soldier killed in Niger apparently was executedNov 12, 2017 - 00:20
According to two villagers' testimony, Johnson was discovered with his arms tied and a gaping wound at the back of his head. Villagers in Niger are speaking out about the ambush which claimed the lives of four US soldiers deployed to the region.

Martellus Bennett reportedly suffering from torn rotator cuffNov 11, 2017 - 00:24
Bennett caught 55 passes for 701 yards and had a career-high seven touchdowns on his way to earning a Super Bowl ring. Gronkowski has been healthy and more productive this season, catching 34 passes for 509 yards with five touchdowns.

New complaints over Google's Pixel 2 XL smartphoneNov 10, 2017 - 00:22
However, in a recent post , a user shared that they were able to resolve the problem by blowing into the bottom speaker. Some users have pointed that the screen flashing on the Pixel 2 XL doesn't happen every time but does occur frequently.

Kevin Spacey Being Removed From Upcoming FilmNov 10, 2017 - 00:20
The mounting allegations of sexual assault involving Oscar-winning actor Kevin Spacey are taking a mounting toll on his career. Ridley Scott's decision to remove Spacey from the movie has gone down well with film fans on Twitter ...

Teddy's back! Vikings activate Bridgewater, Bradford to IRNov 09, 2017 - 00:26
Week 5 against the Chicago Bears is the last time quarterback Sam Bradford played in a game for the Minnesota Vikings . The Vikings' 2014 first-round pick tore his ACL and dislocated the left knee during a late August practice past year .

Watch A Koenigsegg Agera Hit 284mph In Stunning Onboard FootageNov 08, 2017 - 00:17
Asked what was next for the auto , he added: 'Of course we want to prove it's quicker than anything else in the corners too'. On Saturday, factory driver Niklas Lilja reached 277.9 miles per hour (447.1km/h) in one of the company's Agera RS hypercars.

IPhone's are autocorrecting "i" to "A" - Here's how to fix itNov 07, 2017 - 00:18
If you have an iPhone and haven't updated your hardware to iOS 11 .1, these current user stories may make you wait on doing that. It's not just newly purchased phones that are affected, but iOS 11 users from iPhone 6 and up are also seeing the glitch.

TJ Dillashaw KO's Cody Garbrandt to win UFC Bantamweight TitleNov 07, 2017 - 00:16
Listen, you can't be in a position where you're like "I want $2 million, f*ck you, I don't care what you make". (Expletive) you. Towards the end of the round now and Garbrandt lands a bombing right hand that floors Dillashaw, but the bell saves him.

3 dead, 10 injured in stampede in BiharNov 06, 2017 - 00:13
The authorities have confirmed three women were killed in the stampede and the the bodies are yet to be identified. As per another report, heavy gathering at the ghat is also believed to be the cause of the stampede .

Hezbollah says Saudis 'imposed' Lebanon PM's resignationNov 06, 2017 - 00:12
CGTN's Yasser Hakim confirms Saudi intelligence convinced Hariri that his life could be in peril if he traveled back to Lebanon. Hariri had said there was a plot to kill him, and accused Hezbollah and its Iranian backers of sowing strife in the Arab world.

Following US attack, Trump warns against the return of ISISNov 05, 2017 - 00:55
Meanwhile, the Federal Bureau of Investigation was questioning a second person from Uzbekistan, 32-year-old Mukhammadzoir Kadirov. Saipov in this judicial process will say a lot more about us than it will say about him", Patton said.